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Tom MurphyArkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
Twitter: @TomMurphyADG
About: Louisiana Tech graduate (1988) with MA in English; Covered nine head coaches in last 16 seasons at Alabama (1998-2007) and Arkansas (2007-13). Married with 3 children. Native of Atlanta, Ga.
 



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Oct 15, 2017Week 8 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (61)
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points
2Penn State
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 37 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 8 Voters
1432
Points
3Georgia
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1417
Points
4TCU
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1322
Points
5Clemson
6-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Jerry DiPaola
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1117
Points
6Ohio State
6-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Ed Daigneault
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1184
Points
7Wisconsin
6-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jonny Miller
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1241
Points
8Miami (FL)
5-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Michael Lev
1109
Points
9Washington
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
811
Points
10USC
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 19 - Brent Axe
886
Points
11Oklahoma
5-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Jason Butt
1066
Points
12Notre Dame
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Jason Galloway
Lowest: 19 - Jerry DiPaola
798
Points
13Virginia Tech
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Parrish Alford
Lowest: 21 - Pat Caputo
727
Points
14Oklahoma State
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Pat Caputo
900
Points

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15Auburn
5-2Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Ryan Aber
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
303
Points
16Michigan State
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Pat Dooley
Lowest: 23 - Soren Petro
563
Points
17South Florida
6-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
573
Points
18Michigan
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jerry DiPaola
558
Points
19NC State
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Jerry DiPaola
573
Points
20UCF
5-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 23 - 3 Voters
387
Points

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21Washington State
6-1Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Safid Deen
Lowest: NR - Rick Wright
578
Points
22Stanford
5-2Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Andy Bitter
Lowest: NR - Chris Murray
274
Points
23Texas A&M
5-2Actual: 27
Highest: 21 - Adam Zucker
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
46
Points
24West Virginia
4-2Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - Jeff Miller
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
157
Points
25Memphis
5-1Actual: 25
Highest: 21 - Dave Foster
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
62
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-LSU